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    "id": 625061,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/625061/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Ombaka",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1007,
        "legal_name": "Christine Oduor Ombaka",
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    "content": "Chiefs play a very important role, but they need to be facilitated. That is why they ask applicants for money in order to get IDs. It is true there is decentralisation to some extent because the initial process of applying for IDs takes place in the village. What is not decentralised is the actual processing of IDs that are brought to Nairobi. Members of Parliament will have to help by ensuring that the entire process goes back to the communities they represent. Members of Parliament have begun to take part in the registration, collection and distribution of IDs to members of the public because the people who are supposed to do that work have failed in their duties. They have made Members of Parliament to do the work they are supposed to do. That is a challenge we need to address. Where should IDs be collected and how long should it take to be processed? Can it take two days or three months? If so, why do we not do it? Kenya being a digitalised country, the process can take two days. I do not understand why it takes a year for one to get an ID. Let us look at how long it takes to register, so that everybody can have an ID. The year 2017 is around the corner. There is a huge rush for acquisition of ID. At the same time, there is a rush for voter registration. Why should this happen? We should be doing this continuously from January to December each year. We should not wait until we have only a year to the general election."
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